Jurinea mollis syn. Carduus mollis full sun silvery-green narrow leaves with solitary

silvery-green narrow leaves with  solitary violet upturned bell-shaped flowers in summer

4 is a 'Hagley' cultivar

The leaves are very small

nooks and crannies such as in drystone walls

Jurinea mollis syn. Carduus mollis full sun silvery-green narrow leaves with solitaryAn unusual one Soft thistle or silver giant scabiose. A lovely Balkan Turkish plant looking a bit like a thistle, with loose clums of soft, greyish, dissected, hairy leaves. In early summer it makes lots of spherical rosy purple heads 3 4cm across. 50cm. Good as a cut flower and for bees. A very variable species. For a dry sunny spot. Good drought tolerance. 30 50cm in flower. First image by Hermann Schachner, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons and the